TRAFFIC
EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
Car
Seat Safety Checks According
to California vehicle code the parent or driver shall not allow
a child under 6 years, regardless of weight, or under 60 lbs., regardless
of age, to be transported upon a highway in a motor vehicle, unless that child
is properly secured in a child passenger restraint system, meeting all applicable
federal motor vehicle safety standards.
On January 1, 2002 the new car seat/booster seat law went into effect. This law states that children must be in a car seat or booster seat (whatever is appropriate to their size) until they are 6 years old or 60 lbs. While being transported in a motor vehicle on a highway.
Are
You Booster Seat Ready?
Click here to take a simple
five-step test to tell if you child needs a booster seat.
DID YOU KNOW? 95% of children's Car seats are not installed correctly- Car crashes are the #1 killer of children- DON'T RISK IT!
The Livermore Police Department
Offers (FREE) car seat classes each month.
This
class my save your baby's life. For
more information call Traffic Education Officer Traci Rebiejo (925) 371-4858.
Click
HERE for the April-June 2008 schedule of FREE car seat checkups
In
Alameda County more than 95% of children's car seats are used or installed
incorrectly.
Don't put your child at risk! Come to a free car seat check up and have our trained technicians teach you how to ensure that your child rides safely.
(INSPECTIONS ARE DONE AS STAFFING AND THE ALLOTTED TIME ALLOWS)
To see a list of Car Seat
Safety Tips, click here
to go to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Website.
Click here to see a Car Seat Recall List .
Trained NHTSA Child Passenger Safety Technicians will assist you to ensure that your children ride safely. Sponsored by: Alameda County Public Health Department, Injury Prevention Program: Maternal Child & Adolescent Health and the EMS Division
Participating Businesses/Agencies:
| Alameda
County Safe Kids Alameda Police Department Albany/Berkeley Head Start AAA Insurance Babies R Us- Dublin Berkeley Police Department Berkeley Primary Care Access Berkeley Public Health |
California
Highway Patrol Central Chevrolet- Fremont Children's Hospital Oakland F. H. Dailey Chevrolet- San Leandro State Farm Insurance Dublin Police Department Eden Medical Center Eastmont Wellness -Ambulatory Care |
Fremont Police Department Groth Brothers-Livermore Grocery Outlet Hayward Police Department Livermore Police Department Newark Police Department Oakland Fire Department Oakland Police Department | Pleasanton
Police Department Safe & Sound Baby San Leandro Police Department Union City Fire Department Volvo of Pleasanton Oakland A's |